Ilya S.

Commented on Seeking Effective Customer Acquisition Channels fo...·Posted inGTM

Yeah, linkedin probably didn’t like that. We are automating email, automating page scraping (personalization, copy drafts) - but never the actions (requests, messages)

Posted in Intros·

Ilya S.

Introduction from Ilya: Sales Leader at Alconost and Founder of HummingDeck in Vilnius

👋 Hi everyone, I’m Ilya 📍 Based in Vilnius, Lithuania 💼 I run the Sales team at Alconost (translation/localization company - believe it or not, we’re still kicking in 2026 and AI only makes us stronger!). I also run my own project, which is HummingDeck - Digital Sales Rooms, tracked content sharing for Rev teams. Hobbies: 🏊 🎸 Let’s connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyaspiridonov/

0Comments

Commented on Seeking Effective Customer Acquisition Channels fo...·Posted inGTM

Ilya S.

SaaS Distribution has always been harder than product. Going through this myself right now. What do you mean by banned/shadow-banned on Linkedin? LI account on hold after using automation tools? Sounds like a purely outbound operation for the (relatively) quick win and SEO/content in the long run.

what’s your ICP (industries / verticals - I would assume companies suppling to governments and the like? )
what’s your main persona (AEs? AMs?)
geo?

With this you should be able to build proper lists on SalesNav and run very granular sub-campaigns targeting specific personas and pains. Omni-channel is the way: cold email outbound + Linkedin is the classic mix + cold calling the ones who are engaged.

Commented on Questions About Email Deliverability Issues and Us...·Posted inGTM

Ilya S.

(edited)·

Open tracking and deliverability in 2026 are definitely challenging. For deliverability you want to use multiple mailboxes across multiple domains, all warmed up and each sending no more than 20-30 email/day - and there's still a chance of landing in Promotions (if not spam). Email open tracking is almost dead in 2026 (tracking pixels can actually harm deliverability). I just published this about email open tracking yesterday: https://hummingdeck.com/blog/cold-email-open-rates-dead

Posted in Startup Pitches·

Ilya S.

Introducing HummingDeck: Tracked Content Sharing and Digital Sales Rooms for Revenue Teams in 2026

Hey everyone 👋 Ilya here. We’re building HummingDeck (hummingdeck.com), a tracked content sharing and digital sales rooms platform for revenue teams. Email open rates have been dead for a while. Reply rates aren’t far behind. What still works in 2026: content-led prospecting and first-party signals from your own content. That’s what HD is for. Replace PDF email attachments with a tracked link or a branded sales room. See who opened it, which pages they read, who came back to your content weeks later, and who likely forwarded the deck. We filter out bot opens, so the engagement numbers actually mean something. Instant notifications, Slack and Zapier integrations, custom domains, email gating, link expiration. Team-wide analytics to see how reps perform and what content works. If you try it, tell me what you like or don’t like. I’m the founder and open to chat!

1Comment

About

Company
HummingDeck, https://hummingdeck.com
LinkedIn